title: Presence of enteric hepatitis viruses in the sewage and population of Greater Cairo.
abstract: In Egypt, the disease burden of viral hepatitis is one of the heaviest worldwide. We conducted a survey of hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) in patients and sewage in Cairo. Our data showed that HAV (genotype IB) was predominant over HEV (genotype 3) and was circulating in the population and the environment.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Virology, National Reference Centre for Enteric Viruses, Public Hospital of Dijon, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kamel
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: El-Nady
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deraz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aho
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pothier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Belliot
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005838:Genotype; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D030041:Hepatitis A virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012722:Sewage / Q000821:virology*; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D012722:Sewage; D001663:Bilirubin